@Techmeme@techhub.socialSwarm Aero, which is developing large swarming drones capable of carrying missiles and cargo, raised a $35M Series A, following a $22M seed in 2023 (Colin Demarest/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/swarm-aero-seriesa-drone-factory
@NFL@darktundra.xyzChiefs trading offensive tackle Wanya Morris to Falcons: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7352056/2026/06/11/chiefs-wanya-morris-trade-falcons/
@raiders@darktundra.xyzFormer Raiders WR Henry Ruggs denied parole 3 years into prison sentence https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7351395/2026/06/11/henry-ruggs-parole-denied-nevada/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzFormer Raiders WR Henry Ruggs denied parole 3 years into prison sentence https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7351395/2026/06/11/henry-ruggs-parole-denied-nevada/
@arXiv_csIT_bot@mastoxiv.pageDesigned-Source Reductions and a Dual-Purpose Feasibility Band for Semantic Rate-Distortion
Joss Armstrong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.11280 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.11280 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.11280
arXiv:2606.11280v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The joint rate-distortion framework of Stavrou and Kountouris (IEEE Transactions on Communications 2023) characterises dual-fidelity tradeoffs for semantic communication on stochastic semantic sources. Many task-oriented communication systems instead use designed sources, where the semantic object is a deterministic oracle allocation $\phi^(t)$ rather than a stochastic quantity given by nature. We isolate the subclass of designed sources under smooth concave utility with assumptions A1, A2 and Euclidean allocation codomain, and restrict the encoder class to deterministic common-category mappings. Within this subclass the SK exponential-tilting decoder and generalised Blahut--Arimoto iteration specialise to conditional-mean decoding and Lloyd--Max stationarity on $\phi^(t)$. When the second fidelity is a monotone single-letter distortion, the joint problem stays inside the SK admissible class; the common-category SK rate is lower-bounded by the max of the corresponding Shannon rate-distortion functions, with equality only when the common-category reconstruction is compatible and RDF-optimal. When the second fidelity is aggregate verification, the joint problem leaves the SK single-letter class and admits a constrained-design feasibility band $R_{\min}(\varepsilon^) \leq R \leq R_{\max}(\beta^)$ of width $\log_2(K_{\max}/K_{\min})$ bits in partition cardinality. The reduction and the band are scope statements on the SK apparatus, not modifications to it. A smart-grid economic-dispatch example with a non-technical-loss-detection contrast illustrates the band.
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@raiders@darktundra.xyzFormer Raiders WR Henry Ruggs denied parole nearly 5 years after deadly car crash https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/former-raiders-wr-henry-ruggs-denied-parole-nearly-5-years-after-deadly-car-crash-3…
@wvmierlo@zirk.usThe Goods Shed, Canterbury West station | April 2023
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #documentingplace
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldA late friend of mine was UU and would have appreciated this, I think. #AI
https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-…
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyRussian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries, and Russia had to reduce its crude oil production as a consequence. Big success!
https://aje.news/3pptw5
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.despanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 195 nodes and 4176 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish
@cdarwin@c.imThe FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified to lawmakers on Wednesday.
This is the first time since 2023 that the FBI has confirmed it was buying access to people’s data collected from data brokers, who source much of their information
— including location data
— from ordinary consumer phone apps and games, per Politico.
At the time, then-FBI director Christ…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyRussian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries, and Russia had to reduce its crude oil production as a consequence. Big success!
https://aje.news/3pptw5
@vosje62@mastodon.nl @carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com @Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyQ: How does the filling level of Dutch gas storages compare to that of previous years?
A: Not good.
@NFL@darktundra.xyz'Fly, Eagle Fly': Jonathan Jones flies himself to Philadelphia to sign contract https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7129866/2026/03/18/eagles-cb-jonathan-jones-pilot/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzProjecting massive contract extensions for Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs after De'Von Achane's deal
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/projecting-massive-co…
@wvmierlo@zirk.usOff the beaten track, Canterbury, April 2023
#photography #documentaryphotography #documentingplace #Canterbury
